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The clause establishes a human-oversight requirement for consequential AI-assisted decisions, which bears directly on how Mercury's automated systems may affect users' legal and financial standing.
The updated privacy policy now discloses that cookies from Facebook Ads, Bing Ads, Braze, Google Ads, and LinkedIn Ads serve an additional purpose: 'SaleOfInfo'. This means data collected through these cookies may be sold or shared with third-party commercial partners, beyond their existing use for advertising and analytics. Under the revised policy, Mercury treats data from these cookies as subject to potential sale or commercial sharing. You can review Mercury's full privacy policy to understand your data rights and any available opt-out mechanisms.
View change record →Decisions that could legally, financially, or materially affect users' rights or service access are not made by AI alone — Mercury requires appropriate human oversight for such decisions.
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"we do not rely on it alone to make decisions that could have legal consequences, financial implications, or otherwise materially affect your rights or access to our services. Such decisions always involve appropriate human oversight.Excerpt from Mercury's Privacy Policy
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The clause establishes a human-oversight requirement for consequential AI-assisted decisions, which bears directly on how Mercury's automated systems may affect users' legal and financial standing.
Decisions that could legally, financially, or materially affect users' rights or service access are not made by AI alone — Mercury requires appropriate human oversight for such decisions.
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